Description
On May 24th,1 pm and 5pm celebrations during the Milk Festival, we will gather inside
the great round cow barn for a celebration honoring the quiet miracle that sustains the
farm: the life shared between cows, land, and human hands. Beneath the five-pointed star
skylight high in the rafters, the barn will become a circle of circles. The audience will be
arranged in widening rings, leaving open aisles so that at any moment people may rise,
join hands, and move together . What unfolds will not be a performance to watch so much
as a festival moment to enter—a weaving of music, poetry, storytelling, and small
theatrical gestures emerging from the center and rippling outward through the gathered
community.
The celebration will braid together the sounds of Andes Manta an Ecuadorian band, the
Hudson Valley’s own Spilt Milk Band, spoken poetry, playful theater vignettes, and
moments of shared ritual guided by the theme we have come to call “Spirit in the Dairy
Pail.” At heart the gathering is a blessing: for the barn, for the herd, for the land, and for the
mysterious generosity by which milk becomes nourishment and community becomes
celebration.
Ticket prices are donation‑based on a sliding scale, and all contributions support Friends of the Philmont Public Library.
Date & Time
May 24, 2026 1:00 PM-8:00 PM
Venue Details
Churchtown Dairy
357 County Road 12Hudson, New York 12534
